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Raptors dominate Hawks 105-80 in matchup of East's leadershttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3370210-raptors-dominate-hawks-105-80-matchup-easts-leaders.html
ATLANTA (AP) — The Toronto Raptors proved they're a team to watch in the Eastern Conference.
They also showed once again they can beat the Atlanta Hawks — and in convincing fashion. The matchup of the Eastern Conference's top teams turned into rout as Toronto opened the second half of the season with a surprisingly lopsided 105-80 win over the Hawks on Fr...Sat, 21 Feb 2015 03:52:56 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/3370210-raptors-dominate-hawks-105-80-matchup-easts-leaders.html2015-02-21T03:52:56ZLiberal Sen. Sanders to skip Netanyahu speech to Congresshttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3347850-liberal-sen-sanders-to-skip-netanyahu-speech-to-congress.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberal Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday he will skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of Congress early next month, arguing that President Barack Obama should have been consulted before the invitation was extended.
The Vermont independent is the first senator to announce he won't attend the speech. D...Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:44:04 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3347850-liberal-sen-sanders-to-skip-netanyahu-speech-to-congress.html2015-02-09T17:44:04ZIre over Netanyahu's speech, but Dems hope to limit fallouthttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3345174-ire-netanyahus-speech-dems-hope-to-limit-fallout.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Israeli prime minister's upcoming speech to Congress without President Barack Obama's blessing has angered Democratic lawmakers, but they see little remedy except to hope for minimal damage to their party and U.S.-Israel relations.
Democrats simmered in frustration as they faced a thankless choice between defending their president an...Sun, 08 Feb 2015 22:09:28 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3345174-ire-netanyahus-speech-dems-hope-to-limit-fallout.html2015-02-08T22:09:28ZBiden to miss Netanyahu's speech to Congress due to travelhttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3343344-biden-to-netanyahus-speech-to-congress-to-travel.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is expected to miss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial address to a joint meeting of Congress because of foreign travel, Biden's office said Friday.
The announcement comes amid deep White House irritation over Netanyahu's decision to accept an invitation from House Speaker John Boehner, R-O...Fri, 06 Feb 2015 21:27:37 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3343344-biden-to-netanyahus-speech-to-congress-to-travel.html2015-02-06T21:27:37Z3 House Democrats to skip Netanyahu speechhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3341306-3-house-democrats-to-skip-netanyahu-speech.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three prominent House Democrats are vowing to skip Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress next month, saying they disapprove of House Speaker John Boehner's decision to invite the Israeli leader without consulting President Barack Obama.
Reps. John Lewis of Georgia, G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina and Earl Blumenauer o...Thu, 05 Feb 2015 23:18:34 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3341306-3-house-democrats-to-skip-netanyahu-speech.html2015-02-05T23:18:34Z'March: Book Two' shows all sides of civil rights movementhttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3321638-march-book-two-sides-civil-rights-movement.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — A comic book about Martin Luther King Jr. helped bring a young John Lewis into the civil rights movement.
Fifty-years later, the Georgia Democratic congressman is hoping graphic novels about his life and what his contemporaries endured to win equal civil rights for all Americans will serve as a guide for protesters as they seek justice t...Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:50:16 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3321638-march-book-two-sides-civil-rights-movement.html2015-01-26T13:50:16ZMLK honored; scattered protests over black deaths by policehttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3309672-mlk-honored-scattered-protests-black-deaths-police.html
ATLANTA (AP) — The daughter of the slain civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. exhorted the nation on King's federal holiday to act out against injustice but to heed her father's message of nonviolence.
The call Monday came amid a day of scattered protests over recent police deaths of unarmed black men that have shaken the U.S. The Rev. Bern...Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:50:38 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3309672-mlk-honored-scattered-protests-black-deaths-police.html2015-01-20T09:50:38ZOprah, cast of 'Selma' at White House for film screeninghttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/3306956-oprah-cast-selma-white-house-film-screening.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and the rapper Common are joining President Barack Obama for a special screening of the film "Selma."
The White House says Obama and the first lady are hosting the screening in the White House's Family Theatre. The film's cast members are attending, as is civil rights leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis.
...Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:37:55 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/3306956-oprah-cast-selma-white-house-film-screening.html2015-01-16T22:37:55ZSelma civil rights march still vivid for US Rep John Lewishttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3292982-selma-civil-rights-march-vivid-us-rep-john-lewis.html
ATLANTA (AP) — Forty-nine years after John Lewis and fellow marchers tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, the memories of "Bloody Sunday" are still vivid in his mind. It was one of the defining moments of the civil rights era.
"We were beaten, tear gassed, trampled and chased by men on horseback," said Lewis, a civil rights activist ...Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:18:13 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3292982-selma-civil-rights-march-vivid-us-rep-john-lewis.html2015-01-08T10:18:13ZHouse Dems again choose Nancy Pelosi as leaderhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3214472-house-dems-choose-nancy-pelosi-leader.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Nancy Pelosi overcame gripes about Democrats' losing campaign messages and breezed to re-election Tuesday as House minority leader.
Meeting behind closed doors, Democrats used a voice vote to give Pelosi, D-Calif., her seventh two-year term as their House leader. The rest of the party's top leadership in the chamber, including No. 2...Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:49:17 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3214472-house-dems-choose-nancy-pelosi-leader.html2014-11-18T21:49:17ZGeorgia's Michelle Nunn turns to civil rights iconhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3177564-georgias-michelle-nunn-turns-to-civil-rights-icon.html
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Michelle Nunn's difficult political balancing act as she seeks Georgia's open U.S. Senate seat was on full display at a rally Monday alongside civil rights icon John Lewis.
Calling Nunn a "smart, gifted" force who would help "move Georgia into the 21st century," the Atlanta congressman roused several hundred black voters in the Democra...Tue, 28 Oct 2014 02:01:42 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3177564-georgias-michelle-nunn-turns-to-civil-rights-icon.html2014-10-28T02:01:42ZOprah Winfrey, Harry Belafonte honored by Harvardhttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/3126982-oprah-winfrey-harry-belafonte-honored-harvard.html
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and performer-activist Harry Belafonte were among those honored at Harvard University on Tuesday at its annual celebration of African American culture.
The university's Hutchins Center for African and African American Research presented its annual W.E.B. Du Bois Medals to eight people at the ceremony, also including B...Wed, 01 Oct 2014 01:42:58 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/3126982-oprah-winfrey-harry-belafonte-honored-harvard.html2014-10-01T01:42:58Z